How many days until Christmas Eve 2021? In which year did Christmas Eve begin?

How many days until Christmas Eve 2021? In which year did Christmas Eve begin?
Christmas Eve, also known as Christmas Eve, is the eve of Christmas (December 24). It is part of the Christmas festival in most Christian churches. So how many days are left until Christmas Eve 2021? In which year did Christmas Eve begin? Let’s take a look at the following content!

How many days until Christmas Eve 2021?

Friday, December 24, 2021 (the 21st day of the winter month of Xinchou Year (Year of the Ox), 320 days away from Christmas Eve 2021)
Christmas Eve legend
Legend has it that on the night of Jesus' birth, shepherds who were watching their sheep in the wilderness suddenly heard a voice from heaven telling them the news of Jesus' birth. According to the Bible, Jesus came to the world to be the king of the world and to be believed by everyone, so the angels spread the message to more people through these shepherds. Then more people knew that Jesus was about to be born.
Later, people imitated the angel and spread the date of Jesus' birth everywhere. So people spread the news of Jesus' birth everywhere on Christmas Eve. Until today, it has evolved into the activity of announcing the good news. This activity was gradually passed down, and slowly became what people call Christmas Eve, so the night of December 24 is traditionally called "Christmas Eve" or "Christmas Eve".

In which year did Christmas Eve begin?

According to church history, Christmas Eve originated in the Roman Church in 336 AD, was introduced to Antioch in Asia Minor around 375 AD, and was introduced to Alexandria in Egypt in 430 AD. The day before Christmas is Christmas Eve. Because the Bible records that Jesus was born at night, the night of December 24 is traditionally called "Christmas Eve" or "Silent Eve."
Christmas Eve is traditionally the day for setting up Christmas trees, but as Christmas celebrations begin earlier, for example in the United States after Thanksgiving, many Christmas trees are set up weeks before Christmas.
Christmas Eve has been extended to refer not only to the night of December 24, but to the eve of Christmas, specifically the whole day of December 24. However, since the general festive atmosphere can be easily mobilized at night and large-scale activities are concentrated at night, it is called Christmas Eve, which is more appropriate.

Christmas Eve Customs

Roast turkey
Roast turkey is an indispensable dish on the traditional Christmas table. In some Asian countries, turkey may only be eaten on Christmas every year to celebrate the holiday; but in Europe and the United States, especially in the American continent, turkey is a very common meat, and on the two important days of Thanksgiving and Christmas, turkey is a traditional food.
The American custom of eating turkey is to fill the turkey's belly with various ingredients and then bake it in the oven. When the whole turkey is cooked through, serve it on the table and use a knife and fork to cut it into pieces and enjoy it together. In other words, they eat a "whole chicken". As for why they are not divided before serving? This is probably the same reason as when we eat fish on New Year's Eve, we do not use fish fillets but serve the whole fish. It not only takes into account the beauty of the dishes and the visual richness. At the same time, it also symbolizes the whole family getting together to enjoy a big meal.
In some big hotels, you can buy a turkey roasted in an authentic way for three or four hundred yuan, which also includes traditional side dishes such as bittersweet cabbage, mashed potatoes, dough, pickled apples, etc. If it is not a family dinner for many people, you can buy half a turkey, or follow the popular method and buy processed turkey slices, which are sandwiched with slices of food baked with a mixture of bread, milk, eggs, and chestnuts. The wonderful taste is hard to describe and you can only feel it by experiencing it yourself.

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